Lai Mohammed denies stage-managing abduction of Kankara students

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has denied claims that the abduction of some students from a boarding school in Kankara, Katsina State on Friday, December 11, was stage-managed. Some Nigerians have claimed that the abduction of the boys was stage-managed. Mohammed dismissed the claim when he appeared on a special edition of the […]

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Six Queries on the Kidnap and Release of the Kankara Schoolboys, By Farooq A. Kperogi

When it emerged on Thursday that the hundreds of schoolboys that were abducted from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, were released, I was so relieved that I gave the Buhari regime an unusual pat in the back in my social media updates. “The release of the #KankaraBoys—I don’t care at what cost—is one of the […]

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Edo State Head of Service kidnapped, his driver killed

The insecurity in Nigeria, especially the crime wave in Benin City, the Edo State capital, took a dive on Saturday evening as the Head of Service, Mr Anthony Okungbowa, was kidnapped. Nigerian Tribune reports that Okungbowa, who was appointed HOS by Governor Godwin Obaseki in April, was kidnapped along Oza Road in Orhionmwon Local Government […]

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Lagos Shuts Schools, restriction order on churches, mosques is back over COVID-19

Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Friday responded to the rising cases of COVID-19 pandemic infection as it announced an indefinite closure of public and private schools, restriction on churches and mosques, among other measures to reduce fatalities in the state. The governor directed that all public and private schools should be shut down […]

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Provide me with a man that prays and pays ―Nigerian singer, actress asks God

Nigerian-based singer, songwriter and actress, Deborah Oluwaseyi Joshua professionally known as Seyi Shay has described the kind of man she wants in her life. The singer took to her Instagram page on Thursday December 17,  to offer prayers to God and gave specifications on the type of man she wants in her life. The singer […]

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Most Nigerian men not willing to marry actresses, only want a date and fling with them ―Pretty Nigerian actress

Nollywood actress, model and a lawyer, Adaeze Eluke is of the opinion that most Nigerian men only want a date and fling with actresses but are not willing to marry them. The pretty actress who contested for Miss Nigeria in 2013, stated that majority of Nigerian men in this category are Igbos, added that they […]

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Nigerian actor, Samuel Ajibola, his bride-to-be, Sandra Adanna share their pre-wedding poses (Photos)

Nigerian television and film actor, model and events compere, Samuel Ajibola and his bride-to-be, Sandra Adanna, are set to have their Church wedding. The couple’s traditional wedding held on January 6 in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria. They are now very set for the last lap of their wedding ceremonies. The Comic actor better known as Spiff, […]

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Helpless Nigerians in the Hands of President Buhari, By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, it is difficult to ignore the helplessness and hopelessness which hapless Nigerians have suffered since the year of our Lord 2015, when our presumed Messiah descended upon our section of this planet. Before then, Nigerians had reasoned that there was only one saint standing and he is no other than Major General Muhammadu […]

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Dino Melaye denies any wedding arrangement with lady ‘Susu Dino’ who shared a wedding poster (Photos, poster)

Dino Melaye has put out a disclaimer after a woman shared series of photos of both of them claming they will be gettng married on Boxing Day, December 26. Taking to his Instagram page, the Senator who represented Kogi West in the 8th National Assembly, denied knowing the woman stating that the pictures were photoshopped. […]

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Unmasking the Truth About the Much-Vilified Festus Okotie-Eboh, By Reno Omokri

Much has been made about comments by former Singaporean Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, about his very brief encounter with Nigeria’s first republic minister of finance, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh. Mr Yew had said: “Raja and I were seated opposite a hefty Nigerian, Festus, their finance minister. The conversation is still fresh in my mind. He […]

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Registry wedding of 46-year-old American woman and her 23-year-old Nigerian lover holds in Kano (Photos)

As they say, age is just a number. 23-year-old Nigerian man, Suleiman Isah and his 46-year-old American woman, Janine Sanchez Reimann had their registry wedding at the Federal Marriage Registry, Kano state, Nigeria, on Thursday, December 17. Their wedding Fatiha was held last Sunday in Gasau Panshekara area of Kano State, Nigeria and we posted […]

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Nigerian couple, married for 72 years and died same day, laid to rest

Pa Israel Akojede and his wife, Mama Esther, who were married for 72 years and died few hours apart were buried on Friday at the Apostolic Faith Church Cemetery, Ijeja in Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the couple died on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 at Gbonagun in Obantoko […]

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Jang, Akintoye, Nwodo, Pogu, Okon, Ukiwe, others ask UN, AU, EU, to convoke confab on 1999 Constitution

Some prominent leaders of thought on Friday asked the United Nations Security Council, African Union (AU), European Union, United States and the British governments to urgently convoke a sovereign national conference to discuss the constitutionality and essentiality of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria and the 1914 Amalgamation of Southern and Northern Nigeria within 90 days. […]

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Nigerian man gets 10 years imprisonment for rape in London (Photos)

39-year-old Nigerian security guard has been jailed for raping a woman who mistook his car for her pre-booked mini-cab. Sola Austin Warikwah, of Albyn Road, SE8 appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday, 17 December where he was jailed for seven years, uplifted with an additional three years to be served on licence, for rape [(ten […]

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The North And Its Failed Political Industry, By Dan Agbese

Chief Audu Ogbeh, immediate past minister of agriculture and chairman, ACF, was recently quoted as saying that politics is the only industry in Northern Nigeria. His statement intrigues me for two reasons. One, I have often wondered why the north which has ruled the country longer than all the other regions put together is in […]

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The idea that you can’t question God is a lie ―Female writer tells Christians

Tito Bez-Idakula, a female writer has said that the Christian ideology that believes that God cannot be questioned is a lie. In a post she shared on her social media platform, the mother of three opined that God is a father and is not afraid of the questions that can be thrown at Him. She […]

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Cossy Orjiakor shares a post of her estranged fiance frog jumping and begging

Actress Cossy Orjiakor has shared a post and video of her estranged fiance, Abel Jurgen frog jumping and begging her after a fight they had prior to the “public show” they are currently enmeshed in. The actress in an Instagram post she shared, alleged that she has played the role of a mother to her […]

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Kankara: From ungoverned spaces to bandits’ republic, By Ayo Olukotun

‘The Kankara abduction was so belligerently orchestrated that it happened the day Mr President arrived Katsina State on a private visit… It smites the face of the Commander-In-Chief and further proves what we once said that the bandits rule in many communities and do as they wish with impunity”. -Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad […]

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Commissioner of Police for Cross River State has passed away

Commissioner of Police for Cross River State, Nigeria, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh, has passed away. He died on Friday morning at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital allegedly of COVID-19-related complications. The Chief Medical Director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme confirmed the death of Jimoh. Ikpeme said the CP was brought […]

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